Summary: Well, i had earlier posted in WinXP forum regarding PC freezing. My PC had been freezing lately, with the screen going yellowish and bluish at places....
Summary: im upgrading my chip from a 1900 to a 2200.. not a big jump, but anyhow.. i have 3 case fans(1 80mm smart fan by thermaltake, 2 vantec 80mm stealth fa...
Summary: Hi, I'm installing a CPU fan for a Sempron 3000+ on an ECS 761GX socket 754 mobo. I got the mobo as part of a package, the CPU came preinstalled but t...
Summary: Hi just bought coolmaster thermal paste and wanted to know which way to apply it as i have never done this before and don't want to blow up the the CP...
Summary: No, the thermal pad is sufficient if it is new. Never mix both thermal pad and paste. If you remove the heatsink at some time in the future, remove a...
Summary: Is too much Artic Silver Thermal Paste a bad thing? I got some on the side of the CPU. A little went onto the silicon...is that ok? Do i have to cl...
Summary: Someone told me that thermal paste (like Arctic Silver) permanently glues the heat sink to the CPU, which doesn't sound correct to me. Can anyone conf...
Summary: Hello, i'm about to build myself a computer for the first time. Now, the operation that stresses me the most, is making sure i've put the good amount...
Summary: this may sound stupid but i was wondering if there is any way to make a home made thermal paste, i have no funds (untill two weeks), and my thermal p...
Summary: Yah you can, but if you dont use it, you have a slight chance that you may be able to pass it off. The chance can also be increased if you use and Int...
Summary: Hi, I want to apply some thermal paste to a processor that's super hot, probly' cause of my broken fan. The processor has a cooling duct attached to i...
Summary: ok i gots the a7n8x-x. its got a heatsink on the chipset. i wanna take the cooler i was usin for my 9600 and use it for this thing. i got a whole bunc...
Summary: Three questions.... 1. How do i remove thermal paste from my CPU? 2. How much thermal paste should i put on? 3. Do i put thermal paste on the CPU only...
Summary: Hello. My PSU recently died and because of the way the case is designed, I had to remove the CPU fan and heatsink to slip the PSU out that way. My que...
Summary: So I'll be building my first rig pretty soon here and am a bit confused as to how much thermal paste I should apply. I know that "less is more" and th...
Summary: Hi to all. Give your opinion on this. Electronic High temp. Transistors Thermal Paste vs Silver Thermal Paste (eg. Coolermaster, Zalman, Thermaltake, ...
Summary: My computer sounded a little loud on startup so I got a can of compressed air and went to town. I unattached my processor heatsink so I could clean it...
Summary: I am putting a new CPU in fairly soon (it is a Pentium IV @ 3.4GHz with HT technology) and it is an old fashion 478 socket. I am using Arctic Silver 5...
Summary: Hello, As some of you would know the stock HSF on the GeForce 4 MX440 w/AGP 8x isn't all that great, and the fan can be pretty noisy if you're trying ...
Summary: Sound like a real pain in theback side I know... Some serious work is needed.. Remove the mother board and the power supply form the case, use the ant...
Summary: Hi, what's the best product to use to clean thermal paste off a copper heatsink? Cos i just got the coolermaster premium thermal compound stuff and wa...
Summary: If you are getting one beep it means that POST is passed successfully. Does BIOS count the installed RAM correctly? If the heat sink is not in good th...
Summary: No offense intended...but judging from your questions, you're not very knowledgeable about computers. I suggest you do some in-depth research on how t...
Summary: You were doing it wrong. The proper procedure is to kill power to the MBoard with PSU switch or unplugging. Then move the jumper to the alternate pos...
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